Aversa G Luigi, Baldieri Vittoria, Marozza Maria Ilena
J Anal Psychol. 2004 Sep;49(4):553-68. doi: 10.1111/j.0021-8774.2004.00483.x.
The paper makes some critical comments on the use Freud makes of myth and examines some of the inconsistencies and contradictions in his conceptualization of narcissism. Using some of the ideas of Bachelard and Hillman on the role of the imaginary, the authors theorize a function of myth that is independent of and not subordinated to the reality function. They suggest that narcissism must be seen not only in terms of individual history but that it has a mythic function; narcissism facilitates the creation of a relationship between the ego and the Self through the mediation of the imaginal world and through the prospective value of images.
该论文对弗洛伊德对神话的运用提出了一些批判性评论，并审视了他在自恋概念化方面的一些不一致和矛盾之处。作者运用巴什拉和希尔曼关于想象作用的一些观点，从理论上阐述了一种独立于现实功能且不从属于现实功能的神话功能。他们认为，自恋不仅必须从个体历史的角度来看待，而且它具有神话功能；自恋通过想象世界的中介以及意象的预期价值，促进了自我与本我之间关系的建立。
